Burley Harrington

Burley Harrington (1826-1868) was the foreman of Hightower Coal in Southwark, London.

Biography
Burley Harrington was born in 1826 in London. He became the foreman of the Hightower Coal factory in Southwark, providing energy to the people of London; however, he employed only children as the workers, violating regulations on child labor. In 1868, Jacob Frye infiltrated the factory and killed Harrington in his office as he liberated the children.